Thanks for reading and liking Po ad Blue.sky Girl.
Nice phrase Mark- wry detachment, spot on. Funny how after 17 years it stuck in my mind . It just took me by surprise. Another flat owner had her ex husband's ashes in an urn as a doorstop. A strange place really.
You can tell a lot from dress sense Graham, as i'm sure you know. I think it's the tie that still seems to stand out as a symbol - do you remember Tie Rack? Happy days.
Ray
Comment is about ATTITUDE (blog)
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RoseMary
Mon 20th Jul 2020 10:42
This is heart wrenching sad....well penned!!
Comment is about Realms (blog)
Original item by Clive Culverhouse
Philipos
Mon 20th Jul 2020 10:29
Gosh Shifa - just visited your wall - what depths of thought I see in the graffiti of your labyrinths. Great stuff. P. ?
Comment is about Shifa Maqba (poet profile)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
Pieces like this can only by written by people who have actually been there and done it.
This one has a genuine authenticity that can only be expressed by someone who has suffered that experience.
There used to be a veteran who used this site (I think he got banned eventually) who would get angry when non-serving members of the public attempted to write about war.
In my opinion he was wrong. Anyone has the right to write about anything, but only such as yourself can write authentic pieces like this.
I thank you for posting, and for what you have done for us.
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about Falklands 1982 (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
Thanks for the comments and likes.
Comment is about Rumble And Thunder (Save our Air Ambulance) (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Hello! Salamat sa comment sa akong tula nga, "Salom". Do you happen to be Bisaya? Nice meeting you in this platform! All the best in your artistry!
Comment is about David Gabriel Caplan (poet profile)
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Nicola Beckett
Mon 20th Jul 2020 05:09
Angel wings, step over me, not haunting but helping me x
Comment is about someone you don’t know right now (poet profile)
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Nicola Beckett
Mon 20th Jul 2020 05:01
Nicola Beckett
Mon 20th Jul 2020 04:53
Are we talking about the white lady, I'm holding your hand through this even in the midths of my own despair xxxx
Comment is about Addiction (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Nicola Beckett
Mon 20th Jul 2020 04:48
You ran and you ran and you ran into the recesses of the night fighting hard to keep the light, x
Comment is about I Am With You (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Nicola Beckett
Mon 20th Jul 2020 04:47
Tucked away from love and harm and hurt alike x
Comment is about Shehariah (poet profile)
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Nicola Beckett
Mon 20th Jul 2020 04:44
Nicola Beckett
Mon 20th Jul 2020 04:37
Nicola Beckett
Mon 20th Jul 2020 04:33
Mon 20th Jul 2020 01:45
that's what they claim.
but I don't believe it.
Why does sweat still pour
into my summer eyes
and leave them burning
well into night?
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Jennifer, thank you for your kind remarks! :)
Thank you, Nicola and D.W. Hamilton for your generous roses!
Comment is about Tenant of the Sea (blog)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
Well said! The real sort of angels from heaven.
Comment is about Rumble And Thunder (Save our Air Ambulance) (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Thank you all for commenting on my poem.
It is about a year since I was last on this site and things have obviously changed....I can no longer figure out how to reply to individual comments?
Comment is about CREATURES (blog)
Original item by David Gabriel Caplan
Thank you guys and much more thanks for always taking the time to read my poems, ur words are sincerely appreciated always.
Comment is about YOU DON’T SEE ME (blog)
Original item by Maatla Mog
I really like this one, Nicola. I am a recovering addict and alcoholic and had a recent relapse. I know the tension and the turmoil.
Comment is about Detox (blog)
Original item by Nicola Byrnes
I really like this one, Julie. I appreciate the balance between melancholy and hope.
Comment is about Relight My Fire (blog)
Original item by julie callaghan
Despairing, but beautiful! Jennifer
Comment is about Tenant of the Sea (blog)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
Nicola and Julie, thanks for the like. ?
Comment is about What’s Past is Prologue (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Nicola, I had to look up what that meant. Ha! Thanks for the like. ?
Comment is about I Am With You (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Simply,
Thank you
For doing what you did
So that others didn’t have to
Comment is about Falklands 1982 (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
Never thought I'd enjoy a poem on mosquitoes this much
Comment is about CREATURES (blog)
Original item by David Gabriel Caplan
Thanks Keith and Mark. I did have someone in mind when I wrote this, but I'm not saying who.
Thanks also for the likes Brian Lisa Shiga and Blue sky Girl
Comment is about You just can't polish a turd (blog)
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Philipos
Sun 19th Jul 2020 19:22
Enjoyed. Little sods or what?
Comment is about CREATURES (blog)
Original item by David Gabriel Caplan
Nicola Beckett
Sun 19th Jul 2020 18:23
I don't condemn anyone, just drawn a zantangle
Comment is about I Am With You (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Shifa, your words are always so kind about my writings. Thank you. I am only recently learning that acceptance. It’s something that AA and the gift of sobriety is teaching me. It is my desire that my words will reach others. My writing is another gift of my sobriety and I believe a gift from God.
Comment is about What’s Past is Prologue (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Pagkalisod nalamang
sabton ang imong mga pulong.
Mora gajud ug nakutaw
kining akong utok....?
I love it so much
WELL DONE!
Comment is about Salom (blog)
Original item by Marianne May
Neat rhyming to adorn a message worth hearing. A contemporary
version of words from a previous generation -
You can take a man out of the gutter
But you can't take the gutter out of a man.
Comment is about You just can't polish a turd (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Eyebrows keep sweat from eyesight blurring
That otherwise would be occurring! ?
Comment is about EYEBROWS (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks for the likes.
Yesterday I was moaning about the gloomy weather now I am moaning about the sunny weather and the trouble it sometimes brings?. No pleasing some people.
Comment is about Rumble And Thunder (Save our Air Ambulance) (blog)
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Philipos
Sun 19th Jul 2020 15:34
Distressing times and that was only being on the Gallahad before she went down as we were tossed about in the raging seas following exercises - only to hear later she had become a war memorial when ceremoniously sunk at sea - in the wake of the Argentine business.
It was a very moving experience for us to hear later the Chaplain who told the tale about opening up the stop cocks and watching her go down as a perpetual memory to this tragic experience.
Goodness knows what it was like for you guys with all the yomping around.
Young lives snuffed out. Memories put on hold.
May your demons be at peace if they still follow you around.
Blessings. P ?
Comment is about Falklands 1982 (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
I could pick out several verses that hit me hard, but...
"I am accepting what I cannot change.
Where now are your accusations?
My debt has been paid", is probably the finest verse I've ever read in any poem.
Your proficiency in expressing pain, vulnerability and hope, all at the same time is astounding.
Absolutely loved this piece!
Comment is about What’s Past is Prologue (blog)
Original item by Shehariah
Philipos
Sun 19th Jul 2020 10:35
I don't think those skunks were the real victims here - those poor wolves had to dunk in the Danube for a whole week. Enjoyed. P.
Comment is about A skunk's prayer (blog)
Original item by hugh
Nicola Beckett
Sun 19th Jul 2020 10:04
Thank you bluesky.girl for your rose??
Ak
Comment is about Jealousy: A vicious seed (blog)
Original item by Anmolpreet Kaur
Nicola Beckett
Sun 19th Jul 2020 06:34
Nicola Beckett
Sun 19th Jul 2020 06:33
Nicola Beckett
Sun 19th Jul 2020 06:31
Shifa, your vocabulary is amazing. I honestly have to look up several words that you use. You add so much vibrancy to your writings with your intelligent choice of words. I’m getting smarter by reading your poetry. ?
Comment is about The Recipe of Solitude (blog)
Original item by Shifa Maqba
Shifa, you are very welcome. And I’m glad to hear that. You are a talented poet. And thank you again for your kind words.
Comment is about Shehariah (poet profile)
Original item by Shehariah
Sun 19th Jul 2020 01:18
When pain arrives
we feel sensation-
When will it decline?
upon cremation!
?
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Shifa Maqba
Mon 20th Jul 2020 11:52
Thank you, Po, for your overwhelming support! It's always a delight to receive your valuable remarks.
Comment is about Tenant of the Sea (blog)
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